Old Enough to Forget

"In the year 2076 radio and rock & roll will be around and some nostalgia freak will be munching on a kelp-burger and playing these songs as golden oldies." This was taken from the back of the album jacket, and they were only out by half a century. This was an album my buddy Andy had, and I didn't get much more than a cursory shrug when I asked him if it was any good. I should probably let you know that as a kid there was no band more important to me than The Monkees. Those early TV shows, particularly when the band performed, made me want to play guitar. I didn't want to wear a toque (or as it was known with Michael Nesmith, "Wool Hat"), but I wanted to play guitar. Those big Gretschs were beautiful. The fly in the ointment was Davy. Even back then I could tell he was there for the little girls, and I found his songs to be mostly annoying. Here we are back in 1976, and the combination of Dolenz and Jones with the songwriting and production chops of Boyc...